单词 | detachment |
释义 | detachment (once / 553 pages) n A state of being distant or standoffish is detachment. Your detachment might mean that you don't cry on the last day of school with all your friends — you're just not that emotionally involved. When you have a sense of detachment from your surroundings, you're a bit aloof or apart, especially in an emotional way. A more physical kind of detachment is an actual coming apart, when something breaks or separates: "The detachment of the wall and the baseboard made it hard to paint the kitchen." Finally, there is a military meaning of detachment — a unit or group of soldiers sent on a separate mission. WORD FAMILYdetachment: detachments+/detach: detachable, detached, detaches, detaching, detachment/detachable: detachably/detached: detachedly, semidetached USAGE EXAMPLESThe aircraft was part of the Rossiya airline's special flight detachment group - the carrier for the president of Russia and other government officials. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) The participating ships sailed with embarked Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment teams aboard. Seattle Times(Dec 15, 2016) So achieving the kind of detachment we need for productive rest can’t really be done without detaching physically from our devices. New York Times(Dec 12, 2016) 1n avoiding emotional involvement Syn|Hyper withdrawal indifference unbiased impartial unconcern 2n the state of being isolated or detached Syn|Hyper insularism, insularity, insulation isolation a state of separation between persons or groups 3n the act of releasing from an attachment or connection Syn|Hyper disengagement separation the act of dividing or disconnecting 4n coming apart Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper breakup, separation Great Schism the period from 1378 to 1417 during which there were two papacies in the Roman Catholic Church, one in Rome and one in Avignon breach, break, falling out, rift, rupture, severance a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) breakthe occurrence of breaking schismthe formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences snapa sudden breaking alteration, change, modification an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another 5n a small unit of troops of special composition Hypo|Hyper bodyguard a group of men who escort and protect some important person patrola detachment used for security or reconnaissance picketa detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack press ganga detachment empowered to force civilians to serve in the army or navy provost guarda detachment under the command of a provost marshall rearguarda detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body Praetorian Guardthe elite bodyguard of a Roman Emperor in ancient Rome army unit a military unit that is part of an army |
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